Eighth Grade Explore Awkwardness in the Social Media Generation
While Eighth Grade is a reminder that I don’t want to relive eighth grade, its success will hopefully herald more genuinely contemporary coming-of-age films.
Men, Women & Children (2014)
Jason Reitman’s Men, Women & Children has become the critical pariah of 2014, earning near-universal condemnation at its Toronto premiere and an abysmal 29% on Rotten Tomatoes. The main criticism is directed at its condescending, alarmist approach to social media, as though it might as well be titled Tumblr Madness. I’m not convinced that the…
The Fault in our (Movie) Stars – The Lack of Social Media in the Cinematic Medium
The Fault in our Stars is a Young Adult phenomenon, combining healthy box office receipts with a generally positive critical reception, but it’s yet another example of a mainstream movie that fails to engage with modern teenagers’ reality. Despite flaunting contemporary technological trappings – X-Boxes and iPhones (with increasingly popular texts-appearing-on-screen imagery) – The Fault…
